Canadian Innovation Map: add your organization

Screen Shot 2012-07-23 at 11.10.31 PM

There’s an interesting initiative on the Canadian Innovation LinkedIn group with a map showing the different actors in the ecosystem. As stated on the homepage, caninnovation is still a work in progress, but the current data is already interesting. And it’s not just startups, since the map also wants to add large clusters, industry trade [...]

Venture Investments in Montreal – Web, Mobile, Gaming, Media from 2005 to 2012

inovia_logo

Check out iNovia’s announcements this week: Bomoda, a Chineese fashion startup, Top Hat Monocle, a startup in education gamification, AppDirect, cloud computing for millions of SMBs, and 33Across, which is in social graph. You can see more comments here to get context about those investments. What I was interested though was to get the big [...]

Looking to startup? Be a technical or business cofounder

logo

[View the story "Looking to startup? Be a technical or business cofounder" on Storify] Looking to startup? Be a technical or business cofounder It’s no surprise that technical talent (programmers, engineers, CTOs) are highly sought after. Many startups are looking to either build a first prototype, get a cofounder to be able to apply to [...]

The desolating trend of natural resources: Where are the forward-looking policies?

The desolating trend of natural resources: Where are the forward-looking policies?

In Québec and in Canada, there has been a noticeable trend in the past few years on focusing on new legal and financial frameworks for mining projects. In Western Canada, it’s Alberta and the Enbridge project that retains most of the federal government’s attention, and in Québec, it’s the “Plan Nord”, with multi-billion initiatives announced. [...]

echofab, mini makerfaire, foulab, robotics hackathon: hardware hacking on the rise

echofab, mini makerfaire, foulab, robotics hackathon: hardware hacking on the rise

The first hardware hacking space was foulab in Montreal, started a couple of years ago. Supported and run by its members, it allows anyone who likes to play with electronics, use heavy machinery, order or find exotic parts, and generally talk with similarly-minded hackers. Recently, foulab got also their own 3D printers. Since then, more [...]

Wavo.me Launch Party, thursday July 13th

Wavo.me Launch Party, thursday July 13th

What a better way to celebrate the launch of a new platform and summer than a special digital party this thursday? Here was in the mail yesterday: a special invitation, the wavo.me beverage that sets it apart from all events and product launches. Wavo.me, founderfuel and notman house alumni, started by 2 McGill students, wants [...]

Is there a future for the Montreal startup community?

Is there a future for the Montreal startup community?

It’s hard to nail what’s happening exactly in Montreal but it’s clear that there are now more people leaving the local startup ecosystem than people going in. A while ago, Raymond Luk went to Toronto, Robin Ahn (StartupDrinks) was off to San Francisco, Sylvain Carle (camps and general geek ambassador) and Sara Ahmadian (Robotics Hackathon) [...]

MTLNewTech Tuesday June 5th : e-180, huhwhere, FindMeAPro, Mollejuo

MTLNewTech Tuesday June 5th : e-180, huhwhere, FindMeAPro, Mollejuo

Come tomorrow see 4 Montreal startups presenting their new products: We have E-180 a matchmaking site that connects you with like-minded folks interested in sharing knowledge over a coffee. E-180 has been on the landscape for years, but they’ve unveiled recently new features, plus also plans for growth. FindMeAPro is the leading resource to help [...]